Improvement in fire-place fenders



UNITED STATES HENRY (l. WESSON, OF FULTON STATION, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT IN FIRE-PLACE FENDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,800, dated April 4; 1876; application filed February 21, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, HENRY O. l/VESSON, of

Fulton Station, Fulton county, Kentucky, have invented a new and Improved Fire-Place Fender, of which the following is a specification:

My improved fender is contrived to disconnectat the middle or thereabout, and swing open, and also to fold up against the jambs in a compact manner out of the way, all as hereinafter described.

Figure l is a front elevation of a fire-place with my improved fender contrivance, part of which is swung open and folded up against the side of the jamb; and Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on line a; 00, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

I make the fender in two side parts, A, hinged to the wall at B, and each carrying a middle piece, C, the joint of G with A being a long rod, a, eye I), and hook 1, so contrived that the hook may be detached from the rod a, and part 0 may be turned up on end, as in Fig. 1, against the jamb, Where it may be held fast out of the way by hook g and stud h, and it may have a handle, z','in suitable shape to form a i kind of hook when the part 0 is so turned up to lean the shovel and tongs on when standing up by the side of the fire.

The difterent fender-sections may be set in a straight .line across the front of the fireplace, or at any desired angle thereto. When a large fender is required two middle pieces, 0, are employed, but in certain instances only one of the middle pieces 0 will be needed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The sectional fender, consisting of parts A A hinged to thejambs, and part 0 hinged to the part A, the joint of the latter being contrived to disconnect in part, and allow the section 0 to fold up against the jamb, substantially in the manner described.

2. The combination of hook g and stud h with the middle folding-section O of a tireplace fender, substantially as specified.

3. The handle 6, constructed and arranged to form a rest for the shovel, as specified.

HENRY-(J. WESSON. Witnesses:

WM. NOLEN, BEN. J. WESSON. 

